tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post4819416172821799514..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: First, "Access." Now, "Excess"Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-34678083676326097932009-05-14T12:42:00.000-06:002009-05-14T12:42:00.000-06:00Heh. I never considered what might happen with mal...Heh. I never considered what might happen with malpractice suits.<br /><br />That said, your idea of congressional "families [being subjected] to the same health care facilities to which the public will be" will fall on the same deaf ears as all prior evidence of the failure of such schemes to deliver good medical care already has and, even if that weren't the case, I prefer to insist on everyone having the same opportunity for good medical care that the free market has to offer.<br /><br />The intended audience should usually not be the current crop in office, but other voters and other potentially better politicians.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-36720654432902956792009-05-14T11:51:00.000-06:002009-05-14T11:51:00.000-06:00Well said, Gus.
In the universal healthcare schem...Well said, Gus.<br /><br />In the universal healthcare scheme to be taken up next month, we must be prepared to insist members of Congress subject their families to the same health care facilities to which the public will be subjected, not the separate and privileged Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) they currently enjoy at taxpayer expense.<br /><br />Secondly, the hallmarks of the terms public and universal as in restrooms or military conscription (the draft) have often meant lowered standards. Restroom sanitation particularly comes to mind in both public highway rest stops and VA hospitals (Washington post article: Apr 19, 2009 - VA: 3 patients HIV-positive after clinic mistakes<br />Initial tests show one patient each from VA medical facilities in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Augusta, Ga., and Miami has the virus that causes AIDS, according to a VA statement. ...The patients are among more than 10,000 getting tested because they were treated with endoscopic equipment that wasn't properly sterilized and exposed them to other people's body fluids. ...The VA also said there have been six positive tests for the hepatitis B virus and 19 positive tests for hepatitis C at the three locations. ... The VA has said it does not yet know if veterans treated with the same kind of equipment at its other 150 hospitals may have been exposed to the same mistake before the department had a nationwide safety training campaign.<br /><br />Finally, with few exceptions, the current administration is comprised of lawyers. There can be little doubt that the final Universal Health Care Act will require private medical insurance<br />accounts and health care providers. This will assure lawyers' job security (right to sue for malpractice claims). <br /><br />Will the cost of health care be lowered as healthcare standards decline? The answer is almost a foregone conclusion, in my opinion.Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com